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From: Ritesh Harjani (IBM) <ritesh.list@gmail.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
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	Itaru Kitayama <itaru.kitayama@fujitsu.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 04/20] KVM: selftests: Rename "num" param to "nr_pages" for physical page allocators
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2026 19:00:16 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ecf9ta8n.ritesh.list@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260902164123.2546762-5-seanjc@google.com>

Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> writes:

> Rename the "num" param in the physical page allocator APIs to "nr_pages" to
> make the unit and role of the param more obvious.
>
> Opportunistically rework the function comment to drop the superfluous
> kerneldoc style, and to very explicitly call out that success is guaranteed.
>
> No functional change intended.
>
> Tested-by: Itaru Kitayama <itaru.kitayama@fujitsu.com>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
> ---
>  .../testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_util.h  |  6 ++--
>  tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c    | 35 ++++++-------------
>  2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_util.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_util.h
> index 5a7a455b5387..95bc0a78d2bc 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_util.h
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_util.h
> @@ -991,11 +991,11 @@ void kvm_gsi_routing_write(struct kvm_vm *vm, struct kvm_irq_routing *routing);
>  const char *exit_reason_str(unsigned int exit_reason);
>  
>  gpa_t vm_phy_page_alloc(struct kvm_vm *vm, gpa_t min_gpa, u32 memslot);
> -gpa_t __vm_phy_pages_alloc(struct kvm_vm *vm, size_t num, gpa_t min_gpa,
> +gpa_t __vm_phy_pages_alloc(struct kvm_vm *vm, size_t nr_pages, gpa_t min_gpa,
>  			   u32 memslot, bool protected);
>  gpa_t vm_alloc_page_table(struct kvm_vm *vm);
>  
> -static inline gpa_t vm_phy_pages_alloc(struct kvm_vm *vm, size_t num,
> +static inline gpa_t vm_phy_pages_alloc(struct kvm_vm *vm, size_t nr_pages,
>  				       gpa_t min_gpa, u32 memslot)
>  {
>  	/*
> @@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@ static inline gpa_t vm_phy_pages_alloc(struct kvm_vm *vm, size_t num,
>  	 * protected memory, as the majority of memory for such VMs is
>  	 * protected, i.e. using shared memory is effectively opt-in.
>  	 */
> -	return __vm_phy_pages_alloc(vm, num, min_gpa, memslot,
> +	return __vm_phy_pages_alloc(vm, nr_pages, min_gpa, memslot,
>  				    vm_arch_has_protected_memory(vm));
>  }
>  
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c
> index 9ddc047d5c27..b071d77dd301 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c
> @@ -2025,33 +2025,20 @@ const char *exit_reason_str(unsigned int exit_reason)
>  }
>  
>  /*
> - * Physical Contiguous Page Allocator
> + * Allocate contiguous (guest) physical pages in a given memory region, at or
> + * the minimum specific GPA.  If the memory is protected/private, also add the

at or "above" the minimum ...

Otherwise looks good. Feel free to add:
Reviewed-by: Ritesh Harjani (IBM) <ritesh.list@gmail.com>

  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-09-04 13:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-02 16:41 [PATCH v2 00/20] KVM: selftests: PPC pre-enabling Sean Christopherson
2026-09-02 16:41 ` [PATCH v2 01/20] KVM: selftests: Use MEM_REGION_PT memslot instead of '0' for s390 regions/segments Sean Christopherson
2026-09-02 16:50   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-02 16:41 ` [PATCH v2 02/20] KVM: selftests: Use the common minimum GPA for page tables on LoongArch Sean Christopherson
2026-09-03  1:01   ` Bibo Mao
2026-09-02 16:41 ` [PATCH v2 03/20] KVM: selftests: Use vm_alloc_page_table() to allocate LoongArch page tables Sean Christopherson
2026-09-02 16:41 ` [PATCH v2 04/20] KVM: selftests: Rename "num" param to "nr_pages" for physical page allocators Sean Christopherson
2026-09-02 16:50   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-04 13:30   ` Ritesh Harjani [this message]
2026-09-02 16:41 ` [PATCH v2 05/20] KVM: selftests: Use goto instead of do-while to retry finding unused physical pages Sean Christopherson
2026-09-04 11:40   ` Gautam Menghani
2026-09-02 16:41 ` [PATCH v2 06/20] KVM: selftests: Extend page allocator to support naturally aligned allocations Sean Christopherson
2026-09-02 16:49   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-02 16:41 ` [PATCH v2 07/20] KVM: selftests: Make the single-page allocator APIs static inline Sean Christopherson
2026-09-02 16:41 ` [PATCH v2 08/20] KVM: selftests: Use the innermost page allocator API in the memslot perf test Sean Christopherson
2026-09-02 16:41 ` [PATCH v2 09/20] KVM: selftests: Use the innermost page allocator API in s390's IRQ routing test Sean Christopherson
2026-09-02 16:41 ` [PATCH v2 10/20] KVM: selftests: Add a wrapper API to allocate multiple page table pages Sean Christopherson
2026-09-04 11:41   ` Gautam Menghani
2026-09-02 16:41 ` [PATCH v2 11/20] KVM: selftests: Initialize vm->memslots[] with invalid memslots during creation Sean Christopherson
2026-09-04 11:42   ` Gautam Menghani
2026-09-02 16:41 ` [PATCH v2 12/20] KVM: selftests: Add APIs to override memory region types with custom memslots Sean Christopherson
2026-09-02 16:41 ` [PATCH v2 13/20] KVM: selftests: Add TEST_EXTRA memory region type for "special" memslots Sean Christopherson
2026-09-02 16:53   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-02 16:41 ` [PATCH v2 14/20] KVM: selftests: Use TEST_EXTRA region in arm64's vGIC LPI stress test Sean Christopherson
2026-09-02 16:41 ` [PATCH v2 15/20] KVM: selftests: Use TEST_EXTRA region in x86's smaller MAXPHYADDR test Sean Christopherson
2026-09-02 16:41 ` [PATCH v2 16/20] KVM: selftests: Use TEST_EXTRA region in set memory region test Sean Christopherson
2026-09-02 16:41 ` [PATCH v2 17/20] KVM: selftests: Take the memory region type, not memslot, in page allocators Sean Christopherson
2026-09-02 16:41 ` [PATCH v2 18/20] KVM: selftests: Use TEST_ASSERT(), not assert(), in vm_get_mem_region() Sean Christopherson
2026-09-02 16:41 ` [PATCH v2 19/20] KVM: selftests: Automatically pick min_gpa for allocations based on region type Sean Christopherson
2026-09-02 16:41 ` [PATCH v2 20/20] KVM: selftests: Add arch hook to force page tables to be naturally aligned Sean Christopherson
2026-09-02 16:59   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-02 23:06 ` [PATCH v2 00/20] KVM: selftests: PPC pre-enabling Itaru Kitayama

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